Third swine flu case

A MACKAY woman, 21, became our third confirmed case of swine flu when she tested positive yesterday.

Queensland's tally was 71 by late last night.

Australian Medical Association (AMA) Queensland president-elect Mason Stevenson said the state, which is in the “contain” phase of its pandemic plan, was already behaving like it was in the “sustain” phase, similar to what occurred in Victoria.

“It's inevitable we will be in the formal sustain stage soon.

“But we look forward to the recovery stage, which is the next stage, and we anticipate that will come with the distribution of the new vaccine, which is three months off.”